WASHINGTON (February 4, 2023) – Howard University men's and women's tennis squads travel to Philadelphia for their first road test of the young season at Temple. Match time is scheduled for 5 p.m., at the University of Pennsylvania.
MATCHUP PREVIEW
HOWARD
On the men's side, HU (0-1) looks to rebound after a tough 4-3 season opening setback against Saint Francis (Pa.) Thursday (Feb. 2).
Junior
Justin Cadeau (West Orange, N.J.) and second-year Bison
Marcel Dawson (Columbus, Ga.) serve as the squad's top doubles team and singles players.
For the women, they will be competing for the first season this spring after seeing Thursday's contest versus the Red Flash canceled.
Sophomore
Jordan Grayson (Gaithersburg, Md.), 2022 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Player of the Year, and senior
Hana ElSherif (Cairo, Egypt), 2022 All-MEAC First Team, led the way.
TEMPLE
Temple men have opened the spring season with road losses at VCU (Jan. 20), 5-2, and Yale (Jan. 29), 6-1.
This past fall, Marin Delmas advanced to the ITA Regional Championship Quarterfinals and had a 12-5 record as the team's No. 1 singles player last year.
On the women's side, they are looking to get back in the win column after suffering a 4-0 loss to West Virginia (Jan. 21). The day before (Jan. 20), the Owls defeated VCU, 4-2, on the road to open their 2023 spring campaign.
Sophomore Veronika Kulhava spearhead the Owls. Last year, she finished with an 18-5 record in singles play and 16-6 in doubles with four different partners.
LAST TIMEOUT
HU men came up short in its season opener versus Saint Francis (Pa.) at the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation's East Capitol Campus in Southeast D.C., 4-3.
Dawson set the tone for HU despite the loss, winning both his singles and doubles matches.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
HU returns to The District Friday (Feb. 10) to face UDC. Match time is slated for 3:45 p.m., at the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation's East Capitol Campus in Southeast D.C.
For more information, visit the Bison Athletics website at
www.HUBison.com.
